I'm tired of seeing pretty rigs. Show me your worn "underwear."

NOW we're cookin' with grease! By far, armedcitizen takes the cake, so far.

MLH, you ever find lint in your belly button? I sure have in mine, and I like to think of myself as a really clean person. Anything that gets shoved into your pockets, under your shirt, inside your waistband, and under a vest (I've seen Tamara carry in all those methods, as well as in her Dangerous Purse Of Doom, over just a long weekend) and then carried with you all day will be gathering lint and dust. That's a fact. That's also why I generally laugh at many people's concerns for reliablity with guns that will NEVER see such dust, dirt, mud, rain, sweat, etc. I also laugh out loud when I hear or read about how KelTecs are cheap POS's that are bound to be unreliable, when I consider how little I've cleaned and how much I've carried my two KelTecs concealed over the last few years, always concealed.

I have to admit that I find it hard to believe that a lot of the rigs even in this thread are carried every day. I suspect that the photos on some (like Brass Balls') were taken early on, if they're getting carried as much as is claimed.

Even horse and mule and shark and elephant hide breaks down; it's organic. Rub marks in the boning and subtle changes in the finish of the hide are expected with daily carry. My holsters tend to develop highlights over the corners in the boning after less than 6 weeks of carry.

Maybe I'm hard on my gear. I wouldn't deny it. But think about how worn out a pair of leather shoes worn every day for 2 years will look. Think how bad a leather belt worn every day for 2 years will look. At that point, it's about time for a new one. I managed about 4 years with my duty holster at work before I absolutely had to get a new one. Oh, it still worked and all, but there was really no way to keep it presentable. Yes, that was out in the open, and that presents its own set of problems, but I was also putting more effort into keeping that holster up, too.

JERRY said:

cant post a pic here, says file is too large?????? dont how to fix that so i'll just live vicariously here.

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That'd be a shame! Do this: Open the pic in Paint (Start/Programs/Accessories), and go to, um, "Image", I believe (I'm on a machine without Paint right now, but 90% of Windows machines will have it). Click on "Stretch/Skew image". Type in "50" for percentage change in both Horizontal and Vertical, and hit Enter. Your pic should reduce to 1/4 size. Keep adjusting until the whole pic will fit onscreen, and then save it to your desktop under your filenamesmallerpic.jpg. Then upload it here! We need more evidence that Real People Carry Real Guns In Real Holsters, Every Day!

I swear, sometimes this place is like reading a magazine from the dentist's office, where all the people are utterly beautiful, have about 4% body fat, and perfect teeth. Gosh golly-- why do our expectations become unrealistic, do you think?

Easy there, Brass B-- I don't mean to get feathers up. But some folks trade out guns for variety, so when they say "everyday carry gun," which I would take to mean Every Day, they mean "regular carry," and it gets 1 or 2 carries a week. You're saying that you do not have other pistols that you trade out with? There's no variety?

It's topping out at around 98 degrees in the shade with 70% humidity around here right now, and I'll admit to downsizing on the concealed carry on such days, so that I can dress lighter. Hence P3AT or M37 in pocket holsters. If it cools, the clothing can increase, and the pistol gets bigger, for me and a lot of people I know.

Because honestly, I don't know how in the world you're preventing denim from abrading horsehide over time. I assume you're carrying at 4 or 5 o'clock? How tight do you cinch your belt? What kind of belt? How close-fit are your pants? What kind of work are you doing with 'em on?

I ask, because I'd like to know how to do it, too.

I see about 4 pieces of wear on those otherwise PERFECT pictures of yours. First, the tiny scratch on the rearward snap on the holster. Second, a fine bit of reholster wear on the front left of the frame of the pistol. Third, a possible bit of wear on right toe of the frontstrap where it meets the toe of the magazine (that may be an illusion), and finally, when I really played with the contrast/brightness values on your pics, I think I brought out some minor darkening near the muzzle-end (bottom) of the holster, as sometimes happens from sweat:

Why is it abrading more against your hip than your pants and waistband?

So that's it?

None of the rest of you have holsters or pistols or accessories that actually show honest carry wear?

MikeB, I see a little wear on the back of your revolver near the hammer, and pretty much none elsewhere. The main ugliness (in my offensive opinion) is in the look of that revolver! If you don't mind me saying so, that pistol was yugly when it left the factory!

Not as ugly as Tamara's S&W .44 Spl lightweight, but close...